Month: June 2025

NFC reaches its watches with an alternative that remembers Revolution

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Huawei continues to reinforce its catalog of smart watches, And this year he does it with a more solid proposal than ever. He Watch Fit 4 It is an affordable option below 200 euros Designed for those looking for a light partner to run. The Watch Fit 4 Pro stands out for its good finish and its battery of up to a week of normal use, while The Watch 5 bets on health With the new X-Tap multisensory sensor, which promises to go further in advanced monitoring. But beyond its design and their sensors, there was a lack that affected the entire brand of wearables of the brand: the absence of mobile payments. An already standard function in many competition models and highly valued by users. That has begun to change. Huawei has announced that NFC payments are already available in the Watch Fit 4 series in Spain, through an integration with the app Quicko Wallet. NFC on the wrist: a highly anticipated function From this June 3, the users of Huawei Watch Fit 4 and Fit 4 Pro They can already pay with the clock in physical stores, without the need to carry the mobile. Simply configure the service, bring the clock to the dataphone and confirm the operation with a safety pin. According to the company itself, the system allows “processing payments without contact quickly and safely”, and does even the commercial restrictions imposed from the United States. Instead, the aforementioned Quicko Wallet, a European Fintech who had already worked with Huawei in other markets, is supported. The user gets a virtual card with European Iban, recharges balance from their usual account and makes payments directly from the clock. It is a system similar to services such as Revolution or N26, with the advantage that it integrates with the smartwatch. Of course, for the moment it is only available for paired watches with Android devices or Harmonyos. Huawei says that payments will arrive at Watch 5 and iOS devices in a “near future”, Although a specific date has not been offered. How to activate payments with Quicko Wallet step by step The process to start paying with the clock is not complex, but includes several important steps. Next, we explain it in detail, as shared in the company’s official materials: Create an account in Quicko Wallet from the mobile Enter your device’s application store. Look for “Quicko Wallet” (developer: Quicko sp. Z oo) and download it. Open the app and create an account with your email, mobile number and a password. Choose a 4 -digit pin to protect access. Confirm your email through the activation link. Log in and choose your currency: EUR (euros). Enter your personal data and accept the terms and conditions. Indicates the origin of the funds and your occupation. Declare if you are a fiscal resident in the USA. (If you are not, select your country). Upload a front and rear photo of your ID. Get a selfie holding the ID, clearly and visible. Once this process is completed, the verification may take a few hours. After approval, you will have access to two accounts and two virtual cards within the app. Load money to Quicko Wallet There are two methods available: By bank transfer: In the app you will see the Iban of your Quicko account. Estte e case, you must make a transfer from your bank as you would normally. By bank card: In the “Presentation Card” or “Payment Card” section, slide to the side to add your card. Enter the data manually or scan the card with the camera. Select the account in euros and click “Recharge”. Enter the quantity and confirm with “Recharge”. Attention: This method can have a commission, which is detailed in the terms and conditions of the service. Install Quicko Wallet on the clock Open the Huawei health on your phone. Go to “devices”> “appgallery”. Look for “Quicko Wallet” and clicks on “Install.” Configure NFC and quick accesses on the clock On the clock: Go to settings> more connections> NFC> application of default payments. Select “Quicko Wallet”. Create a safety pin from settings> Pin> Configure Pin (6 digits). Then activate direct access: Settings> Below button> Press twice and select Quicko Wallet. Match Quicko Wallet with the clock Press the lower button on the clock twice. On the mobile, enter your virtual card and select “Enable NFC”. Click on “match” and then “continue.” A welcome function, although still with improvement margin This launch represents an important first step for Huawei in mobile payments. The company states that it will continue to expand compatibilities and work with more financial services. Although he still cannot compete with equality with giants such as Google or Apple, he has managed to dodge limitations with a functional and safe proposal. According to Huawei, each transaction “uses Advanced encryption technology and unique authentication codes, “which adds a safety layer against fraud and cloning. In addition, since it is a prepaid card, the user controls how much money he has on the clock, which can be an advantage in terms of security. Images | Huawei In Xataka | Tiktok was not born from a master plan: it arose from a question that nobody else was asked in Silicon Valle

The visual spectacularity of ‘The Witcher 4’ is ridiculous everything seen so far. And it is the main sin of the industry

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The technical demo of ‘The Witcher 4’ has left the players community speech and has become the star demo of the State of Unreal 2025where Epic Games has presented the latest news regarding its star graphic engine. A waste of overwhelming graphics that, at the same time, summarizes one of the great problems of the industry: being always dealing with futures. What has been seen. First of all, it should be emphasized that the seen is a technical demo IN-ENGINENot a video In-game. That is, it is the Unreal Engine 5 running in real time, nothing of a CGI scene, but it is not a captured fragment of the game. In this case it ran in a PlayStation 5, but CD Projakt wanted to make it clear that it is still not clear in which format the format will appear New installment of ‘The Witcher’. It is simply an exhibition of everything that the game can offer in terms of characters animations, fauna, mapping, reactions. A wonder that as we already knew, will star in an old acquaintance of the saga: Ciri. Mea guilt. This presentation also serves for CD Projakt Red to reassure players: The fiasco of ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ In consoles, they say (without hesitation, qualify as “disaster”), it will not be repeated. That is why they do not have a date for this ‘The Witcher 4’: the time that is necessary to become a “new reference” of games of this type will be in development. In times of ‘GTA VI‘It is not a bad purpose, but the truth is that the seen seems to be up to the circumstances: the magnitude of the scenarios, the naturalness of the movements, the realism of the gestures, the apparent diversity of possible reactions of the characters … is simply overwhelming. Three beasts. Currently, we have three graphic beasts outings of the mainstream With greater technical and monetary muscle of the industry: this ‘The Witcher 4’, which, like everything about CD Project Red, is at the visual avant -garde of the medium; ‘Gears of War E-Day‘, which we will possibly see gameplay Soon, and that in exhibitions like this kinematics made with the game engine we can expect a return in style of the saga; And, of course, ‘gta vi’, what has not yet shown gameplaybut that has taught incredibly realistic cinematics made with the game engine. Only the elders. That is, games of three industry giants (CD Projakt, Microsoft and Rockstar), whose launch we can set, in the best case, in the medium term: perhaps we do not have them to have them in our hands until entering 2026. And that is a problem: the games that technically push the industry, on the one hand come from the mastodons of the sector. Companies accustomed to operating with a franchise coup (such as these titles) and to ensure the shooting with revolutionary games in the visual … and only in that. The damn hype. And we return to the usual problem: the games are very expensive to produce (With its 100 million estimated budget, in fact, ‘GTA VI’ is going to be the most expensive in history, with 2,000 million), so the producers do not risk, and from the side of the players we complain that we are not going anywhere, and it is the fish that bite the tail. Those who have the waist to move in unpublished directions to the industry can not allow it, even if they have technological monsters such as Unreal Engine 5. And so we are looking at a distant future. So far away, that CD Projekt Red cannot even reveal what platforms ‘The Witcher 4’ is going to come out. Video games have always been held on promises, and we treasure enough bad experiences on the matter (yes, CD Projekt Red, we have already forgiven you, but the ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ bugs do not forget as well as so) as to distrust the “will arrive when it is.” ‘The Witcher 4’ looks like a heart attack, but paradoxically, we are tired of having to wait sitting. Header | CD Projakt Red In Xataka | All the questions and doubts that remain to be resolved from the Nintendo Switch 2 to a week of its launch

These are some of the best you can buy

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Decorating a Setup or a home room is very personal, for which there is nothing defined. We can pull figures, poster or even some kind of lighting to set. Now, one of the most recurring things for it are the LEGO® sets, since in its catalog we have a huge variety of products. Next, we leave you a selection of some very varied They are ideal for decorating a room: Lego® Ferrari SF-24 F1a set of this F1 car that does not lack detail, for 229.99 euros. LEGO® Botanical Miniorquídeaideal for decorating any house stay, for 23.99 euros. LEGO® THE POWERFUL BOWSERa set of Super Mario’s iconic villain, by 248.99 euros. Lego® Star Wars Logoa set of the iconic letters of the franchise that was released recently, by 69.96 euros. Lego® The Simpsons: Krusty Burgera set that opens tomorrow, for 199.99 euros. Lego® Ferrari SF-24 F1 The Danish brand has in its catalog an arsenal of Sets Technic, with replicas that are not lacking a single detail. This F1 Ferrari is a clear example of this, a set of more than 1,300 pieces with which we can recreate this monster, including its V6 engine with rotating unit. We have it available at the official Lego® store by 229.99 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review LEGO® Botanical Miniorquídea We may seek somewhat more purely decorative and there the plants are perfect. We can set up one from LEGO®, something that, in addition to giving us a good time while we ride it, saves us to have to worry about watering the plant. In this case, we have A 274 pieces set that we can buy right now for 23.99 euros. Botanical Miniorquídea, Orquídea Flor and Artificial Plant for Decoration of the Home and Room, Model to Build For Adults, Gift For Wives, Women, Mothers, Couple 10343 * Some price may have changed from the last review LEGO® THE POWERFUL BOWSER We jump to video games with a set of one of the most iconic video games. It is a recreation of Bowser, the villain of Super Mario, who stars a great set of more than 2,800 pieces and also has mobile pieceslike the head, jaw or tail. We have it available for 248.99 euros. LEGO SUPER MARIO THE POWERFUL BOWSER, 3D MORE TO BUILD, ARTICULATED FIGURE, DECORATION HOUSE, COLLECTIONABLE MARIO BROS, GIFT FOR ADULT GIFT 71411 * Some price may have changed from the last review LEGO® Star Wars logo We move on to something iconic, although this time more related to the cinema. All of us who enjoy Star Wars recognize more than plenty of yellow letters and are now available in Lego® set format. It is perfect to expose, It has a surprise inside its lyrics and is available right now by 69.96 euros. Lego Star Wars 75407 Star Wars Logo to build – 3D Collection for Adults – Decoration for Home and Office – Gift for men, women, teenagers and fans * Some price may have changed from the last review LEGO® The Simpsons: Krusty Burger We close with another set that opens on June 4. This is the Krusty Burger of the Simpsons, a great set that does not lack a single detail. It has a lot of references for fans of this animation series And it has a roof that we can withdraw to see the interior whenever we want. It consists of 1,635 pieces and goes out for 199.99 euros. The Simpsons ™: Krusty Burger * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | LEGO® In Xataka | Lego constructions to another level: the Technic series has the models with which any collector would dream In Xataka | Your favorite series, comics and movies also in Lego: 15 ideal construction kits to mount yourself or give away

Technology is already here, social conscience is not yet

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He arrested in Barcelona that recorded hundreds of women with their Ray-Ban Meta marks a before and after: we have entered the era of voyeurism invisible. We do not know when it will end, but we have just opened it. Why is it important. Until now, recording without consent required obviousness (taking out the mobile) or sophistication (hidden cameras). The Meta Ray-Ban have democratized the undercover recording: for 329 euros not only have some sunglasses with good design and headphones incorporated, you also have an almost imperceptible camera in your face. When we tried them We commented that his camera was not too remarkable, but perceptible. By the news we understand that it is not as noticeable as we believed. The context. As Antonio Ortiz analyzes in Error 500the Google Glass could not get here because they were too obvious. The finish lines are their antithesis: they look like normal glasses, the recording LED is tiny, and above all, people have not yet developed a social alarm before them. Between the lines. We are in the period of maximum vulnerability: technology is already here, but no social consciousness. And the detainee exploded precisely that gap: he knew the abilities of these glasses, but his victims did not. He recorded 329 videos (a Euro per video) without any of the women to be suspected of being recorded. Possibly the majority even knew about the existence of these glasses. The threat. This is only the beginning. Goal prepares the functions of AI that will allow this camera to do much more. How to recognize. In fact already There are users who have managed to create homemade facial recognition systems With these glasses. The next question is inevitable: how many conversations and private scenes are being recorded right now without us knowing? Yes, but. Goal designed a double safeguard: LED light that detects if it has been covered (and blocks the camera) and sound when you start recording. The problem arises when a malicious user eludes them deliberately or when people do not know how to interpret them. In addition, the sound at the beginning of the recording is as easy to avoid how to start recording in advance. New social conventions are clearly missing. We need to develop the same alarms we have when someone looks at us with a mobile whose camera points to us. Until that happens, Anyone with 329 euros And bad idea can become a camouflaged spy. Or in a voyeur With bad drool. Outstanding image | Goal In Xataka | There is a boiling market in which target is eating its entire competition: that of smart glasses

We have been listening for years that commercial calls end. The problem is that they never end

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Next June 7 Mobile use will be prohibited to make commercial calls. From that moment “they will have to be done from a prefix from a province or from an 800 or 900 number,” said the Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Function, Óscar López. It is an important news in the fight against telephone spam, but the problem is that it is not enough, and most likely we continue to receive these types of annoying calls. Eternal fight against unwanted commercial calls In June 2023 It entered into force he last change of the General Telecommunications Law (LGT) that establishes that we cannot receive commercial calls without prior consent. However, Made the law, made the trapbecause the problem is that they can continue calling us if previously We gave our consent. The question is, did we give it? The truth is that yes, because a good part of these communications we have authorized when hiring various services, opening accounts on the Internet or filling business forms. In these documents there are usually clauses that we implicitly accept when leaving our data. According to the modification of the LGT, there are two exceptions that allow companies to make calls to users: If we have expressed prior consent in the contract: The normal thing is that we have granted it without realizing it. In many cases we even authorize third companies to call us if they are related to the contracted services. If the company has a legitimate interest in communication: that “legitimate interest“For example, in the case of calls to improve the service and offer discounts. In those cases they are not considered unwanted communications. Both exceptions are reasonable, but in practice companies are using them abusive. The new reform that will enter into force this Saturday, June 7, was announced months ago. It does not completely solve that problem, even if it mitigates it. There will be no commercialized calls made from mobile phones, but calls with international origin will be blocked, another method that advertisers They took the opportunity to continue “frondo” To users to unwanted commercial calls. The previous consent will have an expiration date Even more striking is the fact that the traditional “trap” that companies had used may no longer have indefinite validity. Thus, the previous consent we had granted will have a two -year “expiration”. From that moment It must be renewed. In this new reform of the regulations there are two other interesting measures that can help mitigate the problem a little more: Nullity of contracts: If we receive an unwanted commercial call and sign a contract for that call, said contract will be considered null and we can request your nullity. Registration of senders: As operators will maintain a record of authorized numbers for commercial calls: if the sender is not registered in the registry, the calls will be blocked. These measures may not eliminate the problem completely, but it is reasonable to think that they will reduce the number and frequency of unwanted commercial calls. We will continue to receive commercial calls The reforms of the General Telecommunications Law leave the doors open to companies can continue to contact users. To start and as we said, they can only do it from a prefix of a province OA through numbers 800 and 900. This type of messages and spoofing calls will probably continue being one of the traditional cyber attacks. But in addition to the calls we receive from such numbers for having given prior consent, there are two others: Operators: The law establishes a period of up to 12 months since the decline of a telephone company is caused so that those responsible can make calls in order to retain or bring the client back. Fraud and scams: It is something that companies fail to stop and continue to suffer. Through Spoofing ‘techniques They manage to falsify the sending of messages and calls to deceive users. The government has been raising solutions In this regard, but for the moment the problem persists. Many measures, no definitive The condemnation of commercial calls (whether real or scams) is limited, but seems difficult to eliminate it completely in the short term. The reforms that the government has been carrying out for two years have contributed to limiting the ways in which companies take advantage of this resource, and the end of commercial calls from mobile number is a good sample of this. However, there will continue to exceptions in them we will continue to receive commercial calls. The Robinson list It will continue to be another of the tools to try to avoid those spam calls, but there will undoubtedly other others such as Google call filter or a new alternative called Stop Advertising. All of them contribute to mitigate one of the big problems for mobile users. One that will be difficult to disappear at all, but to which little by little they are putting more and more obstacles. And meanwhile, a last resort: We can always report. The Spanish data protection agency puts at our disposal A form with which make a formal claim When we detect unwanted commercial calls that violate the law. In Xataka | Solving one of the great mysteries of our time: if it is useful to sign up for the Robinson list In Xataka Mobile | I thought I blocked the so -called spam and it turns out that I was asking to be called. This is how the previous consent works

TSMC wants to build a chip factory in United Arab Emirates. Or convinces the US or your plan will fail

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TSMC is evaluating the possibility of building an integrated avant -garde circuit manufacturing plant in United Arab Emirates. This Taiwanese company, The biggest chips manufacturer on the planethe has embarked on An ambitious expansion plan of its manufacturing infrastructure Beyond Taiwan’s borders to protect yourself from a possible armed conflict between China and its place of origin. It is currently building new semiconductor production plants in USA, Germany, Japan and Taiwanand this possible factory of Arab Emirates would contribute to cement its avant -garde plants network beyond the borders of the island from which it proceeds. However, the conversations that TSMC and the Emirati government are presumably holding They started many months agoin September 2024. TSMC and Arab Emirates win. It is not clear that the US also does At the end of September The Wall Street Journal and Reuterstwo media that have a proven credibility, revealed that several executives of TSMC and Samsung had moved to Arab Emirates to negotiate the possibility of building several manufacturing plants of integrated avant -garde circuits in this country of the Middle East. According to these two sources, the Emirati government is willing to take over the financing of these plants. And it is because Like Saudi ArabiaArab Emirates needs to diversify its economy in forecasting The very likely loss of relevance in the medium term of oil. And technology at the current situation It’s a safe bet. In addition, the growth potential of the semiconductor industry is overwhelming. We just need to look at the hardware market for artificial intelligence (AI) to observe it. In 2031 the Chips Market for IA will invoice more than 263,000 million dollars According to The AMR consultant (Allied Market Research) In 2031 the chips market for AI applications will have a turnover volume of More than 263,000 million dollars. It is a real barbarity, especially if we are in mind that in 2021 its business amounted to just over 11,000 million dollars. It is evident that at the current TSMC situation and Arab Emirates win. However, this project will not come to fruition if this Taiwanese company does not obtain the US approval. A good part of Photolithography teams and wafering processing that TSMC uses in its factories uses American origin technologies. And some of its production processes also They turn to patents held by the US. This agency is what gives the power to the government led by Donald Trump to support or prohibit the construction of one or several manufacturing plants of avant -garde chips not only in Arab Emirates, but also in any other country. Currently the relationship sustained by US administrations and Emirates is good, but this last nation also has a narrow link with China and Iran. If in the future the geopolitical situation causes Arab Emirates if it will move away from the US and approach these last two countries, the presence of one or more factories of avant -garde semiconductors that would not be under the control of the United States would represent a security problem for this last nation. The US government has allowed Nvidia to sell its GPU to its Emirati customers, and also that OpenAi is installed in this eastern country, but right now it seems unlikely that this TSMC project supports. Image | TSMC More information | Bloomberg In Xataka | Saudi Arabia is on the blacklist in the United States with China. You have a plan to get out of it and buy NVIDIA GPU

13 films and premiere series to see in June 2025 in Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max and Streaming

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The overwhelming heat that has unleashed a few weeks just wants, let’s recognize it, to slide into a house with all the blinds and choked to series and films as if there were no tomorrow. There are some recommendations among the premieres of streaming so that this healthy and commendable activity is not made. Mikaela The hyperactive Daniel Calparsolo (last year premiered ‘Assault on the Central Bank’ and ‘El Correo’, and this 2025 still has ‘Salvador’) lands on Netflix with this film, after just a couple of months of his passage through cinemas. Antonio Resines is the great claim of this thriller in which on the eve of Reyes an unprecedented snowstorm Asola Spain. On a collapsed highway, a group of robbers takes the opportunity to assault a armored van, which will face the unexpected couple that form a veteran and desperate policeman and a young woman trapped without wanting to in a counterreloj persecution. The survivors From Jane Harper’s sales success, we have here a splendid youth mystery of summer atmosphere. We moved to a quiet coastal town, where fifteen years ago, the death of three young people hit all who lived there. Now, a new murder unleashes a new avalanche of questions: Does this new death have something to do with the tragic past? The squid game – T3 The conclusion of Netflix’s great success is just around the corner, in a third and last season that continues linearly what we saw in the second. We will see what was the failed rebellion headed by Gi-Hun and how he is forced to participate again in the violent contest. Also, with the identity of the leader of the organizers of the Game revealed, the balance of suspicions and threats that the game keeps up will change. Predator: murderer of murderers An anthological animation film that continues to prolong the mythology of ‘Predator’, recently revived by Disney thanks to the unexpected success of ‘Predator: the dam’. In this case we will see, with its consequent deployment of ultraviolence Cartoon, three warriors from three eras (a Vikinga and its young son, a ninja of feudal Japan and a pilot from World War II) who face the final hunter. Ironheart More franchises of the Disney factory, in this case of Marvel, which after ‘Daredevil’ is very thoroughly in the Lore Of the movies, with a character we have only seen fleetingly in the sequel of ‘Black Panther’. With the production of Ryan Coogler, director of the films of the Wakandian hero and now again in the candlestick thanks to the great ‘Sinners’, we will know the story of a young gifted who is prepared to load with the legacy of Iron Man. The Killer The total masterpiece of the action cinema led by John Woo in 1989 receives a new version signed by its own creator. And it’s not bad: it moves the action to Paris and makes a few changes both in the narrative approach and in the main cast. We will meet Zee (Nathalie Emmanuel), a lethal killer who refuses to kill a young singer who is blind in a shooting, which unleashes a chain of betrayals and faces her to her own past … already an implacable police inspector. Leaving the romantic tone, Woo brings a more worthy proposal that continues its own legacy. June 24 in Skyshowtime Chespirito: without wanting If we say Roberto Gómez Bolaños, he will possibly sound at all. If we say ‘El Chavo del Ocho’ or ‘El Chapulín Colorado’, no doubt yes: these comedies that swept the world where Spanish spoke became a star to their interpreter and screenwriter, who had a career full of shadows. This biographical series enters its triumphs and failures, portraying a time when television was very different from now. Mountainhead Jesse Armstrong, the multipremized creator of ‘Succession‘, Write and direct this original film for HBO with a cast headed by Steve Carell. He tells how a very powerful group of billionaires thanks to their creations linked to high technology meet to ski just when an international crisis explodes due to the misinformation generated by AI and disseminated by the social network of which one of them is creative. Apparently they have remained to reconnect after years without seeing, but everyone has a hidden agenda. The nameless New version of Ramsey Campbell’s novel that already inspired one of the modern classics of Spanish horror cinema, ‘Los Name’ by Jaume Balagueró. On this occasion we will have the story in Miniseries format, which will allow to develop more thoroughly the arterer’s story of a woman who, years after losing her daughter in a traumatic way, discovers that it is possible that she can stay alive. TEKEPHONIC CALLS WITHOUT EXPLANATION They will lead her to contact the inspector who took the case in her day, and to let a strange sect could be behind everything. June 26 at Movistar Plus+ The tutoring The protagonist of ‘The worst person in the world’ shows again with a unique interpretation for a very unique thriller awarded in Cannes and that raises a very interesting moral enigma: a 6 -year -old boy is accused of transferring certain limits with a classmate. Nobody knows exactly what has happened, so the school’s address summons parents to discuss the subject, who puts it on the table a series of issues such as child sexuality or violence at certain ages where everything is taboo. Daniela Forever Nacho Vigalondo’s latest film is a strange but exciting love story that attacks with a science fiction excuse topics such as duel or obsession. The protagonist, after losing his girlfriend, is invited to be part of a clinical trial that will allow him to control his dreams. When he discovers that he can see her again every night and resume her relationship where she had stayed, everything acquires such romantic as sinister dyes. And will get many more dangerous. Smoke Fire is the great intangible protagonist of this criminal series based on real … Read more

with 700 humans simulating being an AI

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Currently the It is omnipresent In all technological areas and thousands of startups they are receiving millionaire investments of great technology and investment funds to develop it. The problem is that in some products that were announced as the latest technology promoted by AI, they actually had behind an army of poorly paid programmers who responded to users simulating to be a Chatbot of AI. The Builder.AI scandal. CNBC published That the London Startup Builder.AI, who promised to revolutionize the creation of applications with artificial intelligence, was actually a great fraud that used 700 Indian programmers to simulate a so -called Natasha. The company, which raised 445 million dollars and was supported by technological giants Like Microsoft and investment funds from Catar, assured that your No-code platformdriven by AI could build software based on modules, as if it were Lego pieces. However, the reality was very different and, after declaring himself in bankruptcy and the intervention of his creditors, it was discovered that behind that technological facade there was only one army of human programmers. Natural intelligence, non -artificial. How Builder.AI acted. As explained by Bernhard Engelbrecht, founder of Ebern Finance In his X profileBuilder.AI was presented as the final solution to create applications No need to know how to program. According to their message, “in reality, customer requests were sent to the Indian office, where 700 Indians wrote code instead of AI.” The idea of ​​programming based on blocks generated by AI is now quite common, but in 2018 it was a rather innovative idea. Above all, because the unbridled had not yet begun Race for AI which began with the launch of Chatgpt. This innovative proposal provided the startup large investments, and quickly reached an assessment of 1.5 billion dollars. Touch the image to go to the original message Bankruptcy and the great discovery. The outcome came when Builder.AI breached the payment of a loan of 50 million dollars granted by Viola Credit in 2023. The creditor seized 37 million of the company’s accounts, which left Builder.AI without capacity to pay his employees or continue their operations. When looking at his accounts, it was uncovered that the company had inflated its sales figures simulating business with the Indian firm see innovation, which, such and as he collected Bloomberggenerated accounting manipulation suspicions to appear a greater solvency of the real one. The company itself He admitted on LinkedIn that he was “working closely with the administrators” and thanked his staff and interested parties, recognizing that “the previous mistakes had led the company beyond recovery.” The AI ​​did not give what it promised. Bluider’s main problem was not that after his Natasha there would be 700 human programmers. The problem, as Engelbrecht stood out in his message, was that his code did not work. The supposed AI generated applications plagued with errors and with illegible code. “The resulting applications were full of errors, they were dysfunctional and the code was illegible. Everything was like a real artificial intelligence, except that none of that was.” Builder’s customers were found with applications that did not meet their expectations, and sales were progressively collapsing. Phil Brunkard, from Info-Tech Research Group, declared to Business Today That many companies in the sector grew too fast, without a solid financial base or truly innovative offers. Now, the fall of Builder.AI question the supervision of investors and the transparency of companies. Chronicle of a scam announced. It cannot be said that it was the first time that the authenticity of Builder’s artificial intelligence was questioned. In 2019, The Wall Street Journal I had already published that the startup offered “human assisted” services, although reality was rather the other way around: humans assisted by AI. Robert Holdheim, a former startup, demanded for 5 million dollars alleging that he was fired after complaining that Builder’s technology “did not work as promoted and was nothing more than a smoke curtain.” Sachin Dev Duggal, CEO of Builder.AI, declared in the WSJ article that “about 60% on average of its reusable software is produced by machines and the rest is generated by humans for the development of applications.” The evidence has shown that this percentage of human contribution was much greater. In Xataka | The greatest fear was that AI took our work. The reality is that they are replacing those who are learning to work In Xataka | Founders of small startups and large technological ones already has something in common: they are millmillonarios thanks to the AI Image | Wikimedia Commons (Web Summit)

Now we know why North Korea has never left Ukraine. Send missiles to Russia has made it a power

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For a while nobody has heard more about North Korean troops In the Ukraine War. However, the nation has never left the conflict in Eastern Europe. In fact, now it has been known The scope of the collaboration between Moscow and Pyongyang. While North Korean missiles arrived in Russia, another package of measures and artillery has been transforming the military capacity of North Korea. A war and its missiles. I told yesterday The Guardian. A prepared report For the UN sanctions multilateral group of the UN, it has revealed that Russia is using North Korean armamentincluding ballistic missiles and heavy artillery, to intensify their attacks against Ukrainian cities and destroying critical civil infrastructure. According to this consisting team by 11 countries (Among them the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and several EU nations), the Kim Jong-un regime has sent Moscow More than 20,000 containers With ammunition since September 2023, equivalent to some nine million projectiles of artillery and rockets. This massive arms supply, a VIOLATION OF RESOLUTIONS The UN Security Council has allowed Russia to hold and intensify its long -distance bombing campaign, especially in urban areas such as Kyiv and Zaporiyia. From Korea to Russia. The revelation arrives shortly after Kim and Putin signed An association treaty Comprehensive strategic in the summer of 2024. The same compromises both powers to Attend mutually If one of them is attacked. This pact formalizes a military alliance that already It had been brewing de facto through the systematic exchange of armament, technology and military personnel. The transfer of weapons It is not limited To projectiles: North Korea has supplied Russia Balistic missilesLong -range multiple launches, self -propelled cannons and other advanced ammunition, sent by sea, air and rail. Military Renaissance. For decades, North Korea dragged a chronicle inability to modernize His army. Isolated by international sanctions, devastated by natural disasters and impoverished by its own autarkic policy, Pyongyang maintained an oxidized military apparatus, with Soviet technology from the mid -twentieth century and insufficient resources to update it. However, and as explained this week The New York TimesRussian invasion to Ukraine has offered Kim Jong-un an unexpected opportunity: a military power needy ammunition, soldiers and conventional material. In exchange for supplying those millions of projectiles and thousands of troops, Kim has received from Moscow Fuel, food, technological assistance and a flow of weapons, components and knowledge that have completely transformed the North Korean military industry. Expanding arsenal. Thanks to this tacit exchange pact, North Korea has multiplied its capacity Armamentistic HE They have identified Modernized tanks with electronic war systems, attack drones led by artificial intelligence, advanced anti-aircraft systems, air-air missiles and naval destroyers equipped with supersonic cruise missiles. Ha also Test missiles Antiacera under the direct supervision of Kim, who has intensified his visits to ammunition factories and military facilities. He kamikaze drones trial With self -destruction capacity, directed by AI, it has been one of the most striking acquisitions, reducing the South Korea gap in the field of conventional weapons. These improvements reflect a Russian technological transfer that would have been unthinkable in the recent past. Troops, experience and diplomacy. Kim has not only exported ammunition. I remembered the Times that has also sent up to 15,000 soldiers North Koreans to the Russian Front, mainly in the Kursk region. Although Moscow initially hid his presence, in the end he recognized his participation as “significant”. For the North Korean regime, this deployment has an incalculable formative value: thousands of soldiers get real experience in combat, returning as veterans, something that not even the South Korean army can exhibit. According to analyststhis symbolic and strategic component full of pride to Kim and reinforces its internal and external image, providing it with greater margin of maneuver against key actors such as Trump or Jinping. If you want also, the result is a north Korea more assertivewith renewed military muscle and expanded negotiation capacity. North Korea nuclear submarine A pact without sanction. It is another of the legs that derive from the alliance. The Cooperation with Russia has allowed North Korea avoid effectively The sanctions of the UN Security Council, which explicitly prohibit the arms trade with the Kim regime. Plus: The Ukrainian conflict has facilitated A perfect route To overcome those restrictions. Moscow needs projectiles and soldiers, Pyongyang Technology and validation. The relationship, which began as A practical exchangehas been institutionalized with the signing of that alliance treaty that we commented. Since then, North Korea has intensified the construction of new destroyers Navales, has reactivated its program Nuclear submarines and has expanded its ammunition industry, multiplying by four its production of artillery projectiles. Naval ambitions. And of all, one of the most disturbing advances We commented recently: The presentation of Choe Hyon destroyerthe first of its class in decades, armed with cruise missiles similar to Russian 3m22 Zirconpotentially nuclear. To this is added the construction project of A nuclear submarinewhose only possibility is a qualitative leap in Pyongyang’s offensive capacity. Although many experts doubt that Moscow dares to share naval nuclear technology (especially a compact reactor for submarines), the fact that North Haya publicly shown The beginning of its construction suggests an unprecedented level of ambition. Its existence, even incomplete, already alters the strategic calculations of the United States and Japan in the Pacific. Errors and improvisations. No doubt, this meteoric advance is not exempt from errors: the recent shipwreck Of the second destroyer, which occurred shortly after his launch, caused Kim’s anger and the arrest of several officers. The incident reveals the pressure that the North Korean leader is exercising on his technical and military apparatus to accelerate development deadlines. Even so, with the support of Russia, these failures do not seem to stop the general rhythm of modernization. Kim has proposed to fulfill the ambitious arms program announced in 2021, and with the resources and knowledge acquired from Moscow, it is closer than ever to achieve it. Power rebalancing. Meanwhile, for Seoul, Tokyo and Washington, the North Korean military transformation … Read more

The world wants more and more matcha tea. The problem is that Japan is not being able to give it to him

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For centuries Matcha tea It has been one of the most recognizable symbols of Japanese culture. Now is that and something else: a drink popularized by social networks and coveted in the international market to such an extent that, in Japan itself, there are stores that have been forced to limit sales by customer. The world is thirsty for Matcha. Increasingly. And that has triggered a deep imbalance in the market that will not be easy to correct in the short term. The big question is … why? Limited purchases. The market of Matchaa popular Japanese powder tea that is made with Técha leaves And it stands out for its bright green color, faces a complicated scenario: a considerable (and growing) decoupling between the supply and demand that has even led some suppliers to limit the amount of product they sell to their customers. Recently Nikkei Asia He spoke of online stores without stock or UJI and Kyoto stores in which only a single Matcha product per day is allowed to acquire. Nothing else. “Due to the strong and continuous increase in the demand for products in recent months, the current demand has already exceeded our production capacity,” Recognize The store Marukyu Koyamaen In a message posted on its website. “This translates into an extremely low inventory of all Matcha products at this time.” If the scenario were not complex in itself, it is added that there are producers who want to prevent their historical clients, such as temples, sanctuaries and places where the drink is used for ceremonial purposes, they are left short. A figure: 4,176 tons. The figures always help to better understand trends. And that of the Matcha boom is no exception. Although throughout the last decades the consumption of green tea and Matcha has been losing bellows in Japan, its success among foreign consumers has triggered the production of the ground TE. If in 2010 the country produced 1,471 tonsin 2023, according to the data of the Ministry of Japanese Agriculture (Maff), that volume had shot up to the 4,176 tons. Almost triple. The Japan Times Precise In addition, in the last five years, the sector has experienced a key change, orient more and more towards the international market: today more than half of the Japanese matcha ends up exporting. In general Nikkei Calculate That last year the flow of green tea exports reached 8,798 tons, ten times more than a couple of decades ago. Of that volume, powder tea, especially Matcha, represented more than half. The reflection in prices. The increase in demand has not long to move to prices, which draw an upward curve. After years down, the value of the tancha began to rebound after the pandemic and It has been consolidating little by little. In early May the Japanese newspaper The Asashi Shimbun revealed That, in the first auction of the year of green tea held at the Ja Zen-Noh Kyoto distribution center, the kilo reached an average of 8,235 yen, almost 67 dollars and 1.7 times more than a year ago. The value far exceeds the previous record, of 2016. Looking out of Japan. Interestingly, matcha fever comes after decades in which both the consumption of powdered tea and green tea in general has been losing strength In Japan’s households, which also explains that has decreased production. The causes of their renewed boom must be sought beyond, in an international demand that According to some analysts It moves to historical maximums. Only American buyers absorbed in 2024 44% of shipments International TEA powder. Second, quite a distance, Germany and Malaysia are. There are estimates that calculate that Matcha’s world market will be around 5,000 million of dollars in 2028, a more than considerable amount if one takes into account that in 2023 it stood at 2.8 billion. “In spite He recounts in Bloomberg K. Oanh ha. What is that boom? There is not a single factor that explains the growing world thirst for Matcha. When analyzing the phenomenon, analysts usually point out a key: the visibility it has reached in networks, both for its photogenic bright green hue and by the videos and comments that extol their health benefits, a message that seems to have penetrated above all After the pandemic. To that growing interest are added the changes in the consumption of the Matcha, which has ceased to be an exclusive drink of homemade ceremonies and meetings to join bottled drinks or even accompany chocolates and ice cream. And why not grow anymore? The tancha production has grown over the last years, expanding beyond the traditional areas of Japan. In addition, their farmers have seen how new competitors from China and South Korea arrived. So … why not that mismatch between supply and demand is not remedied? The key is in the limitations that the sector itself is found to expand its crops. The country has land, but plantations are not created overnight. It takes years In being lists and tancha leaves need to pass a storage and processing phase. Especially if farmers want to wear stone mills. The sector is not alien to the shortage of collectors and the lack of generational relief in a country that dealt with a serious birth crisis. Either to A record tourism flow that further tense demand. With that backdrop, farmers also face a fear that complicates the investments in the plantations: that the Matcha boom stays alone in that, a punctual fashion. Images | Matcha & Co (UNSPLASH) and T.TSeg (Flickr) In Xataka | Japan’s economy depends more and more on a very Japanese phenomenon: fans absolutely delivered to its idols

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